The Defense Acquisition University (DAU) provides the opportunity for organizations (colleges and universities, DoD schools, other federal agencies, commercial vendors, and professional societies) to offer courses, programs or certifications which are deemed and accepted as equivalent to one or more DAU courses.

The course evaluation process takes an in-depth look at the content, scope and rigor of training programs, massive open online courses (MOOCS), apprenticeships and other types of courses to determine alignment to post-secondary programs and result in college credit recommendations.